-The Telegraph Published by the University of Bonn in Germany, the findings are significant at a time workers have again begun returning home amid a Covid resurgence in india The rural job guarantee scheme and the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana provided work to less than eight per cent of the migrant workers who had returned home after last year’s lockdown, a study has found. It has argued that the highly skilled returned migrants...
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Sedition Cases Against People Seeking Help Is Curtailment Of Freedom Of Speech: Former SC Judge
-Outlook india Justice Madan B Lokur cited a recent incident in UP involving a man who tweeted for help-seeking oxygen for his 88-year-old grandfather and the Amethi police booked him. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur on Friday said that sedition cases against people seeking help during the pandemic, and blocking of news and social media channels reporting failure of authorities, is curtailment of freedom of speech and expression. Speaking at...
More »india becomes first country in the world to report over 4 lakh new cases on April 30, 2021
-The Hindu Maharashtra continues to lead in the number of infections. With 4,08,323 new COVID-19 cases recorded until 11 p.m. on April 30, india became the first country in the world to register over 4 lakh infections in a single day. As many as 3,464 new deaths were also reported on the day. Maharashtra reported 62,919 infections, followed by Karnataka (48,296), and Kerala (37,199). Maharashtra also recorded 828 casualties, followed by Delhi (375)...
More »Counter ‘one-sided’ world media narrative on govt’s pandemic ‘failure’, Jaishankar tells indian diplomats -Nirupama Subramanian
-The indian Express International TV channels have run visuals of waiting ambulances and patients outside hospitals, and cremations to underline india's lack of preparedness. Mumbai: In a virtual meeting with indian ambassadors and high commissioners posted across the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed the message that the “one-sided” narrative in international media — that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government had failed the country by their “incompetent”...
More »india Declined Offer Of Assistance Of Integrated Supply Chain For Covid-Related Material: UN
-PTI/ NDTV As india battles a crippling surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the United Nations has been in touch at various levels with authorities in india. United Nations: india has declined assistance offered by the United Nations of its integrated supply chain for COVID19-related material, saying the country has a "robust system" to deal with the required logistics, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. "One of the things we...
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